version control for config files (was: Re: FAQ splinters)

[Patrick Willam <p.willam@gmx.de>]

Ralf Gesel|ensetter wrote:
> X or not, for administrators who mess around in config files there is a need 
> for an editor tool that not only allows to change files' contents, but at the 
> same time logs the changes (changelog) in some central place and keeps 
> backups (revision control like cvs). All this must be easier to use than cvs, 
> kind of seemingless. Maybe there is already such tool?

ACK. There *is* a need for a _as_seemless_as_possible_ version control 
of the config files.
(/me thinks of some type of auto commit when saving config files.)

Is there already such a tool?
Or using the existing tools: does someone know if there is already the 
necessary glue availible somewhere?
Or does this glue still have to be made up?
(My first thought is using "fam" and a cvs-system. Still don't know how
to use "fam" but i think thats what it's written for.)

Best wishes,
  Patrick